The House on Mango Street | Part II: My Name, Cathy Queen of Cats, and Our Good Day
New Characters:
Cathy: one of Esperanza’s neighbors
Joe: man who lives next door to Cathy
Benny and Blanca: owners of the corner store
Edna: owner of the building next to Esperanza’s house
Alicia: Esperanza’s neighbor who is attending college
Rachel and Lucy: sisters who live across the street from Cathy
Tito: a neighborhood boy
My Name
Esperanza describes the meaning and origin of her name. The English translation is “hope,” but in Spanish, she says, it means something different, something sad. She was named after her great-grandmother, who,...
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